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Cornell Routs Canisius; Showdown with Virginia Next

from press release

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell went on a 12-0 run
to erase an early Canisius lead and remain unbeaten with a 19-6
victory over the Golden Griffins on Tuesday afternoon at
Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red improved to 4-0 on the season, while
Canisius slipped to 2-2.

Eleven different players scored goals for the Big Red, who also
held dominant advantages in ground balls (46-19), shots (44-28),
saves (10-7), face-offs (17-12) and caused turnovers (11-7) in
picking up its 11th win in the all-time series without a
loss.Cornell also went 3-of-5 on its man-up chances, while holding
the Griffs to a 1-of-3 performance.

"We started out slow but I am really pleased with our effort and
intensity," said interim head coach Matt Kerwick. "I think we shot
the ball really well early on and that set the tone."

Connor Buczek scored four goals and John Edmonds had four points on
three goals and an assist to lead the Cornell scoring attack. Both
Matt Donovan and Sean Doyle registered a goal and two assists,
while Connor Entenmann and Dan Lintner each had two goals and an
assist as part of their three-point days. In all, seven players had
multi-point games, with John Hogan's two goals making him the
seventh.

Defensively, Mike Huttner, Connor Hunt and Mike O'Neil each caused
two turnovers, while the goalkeeping trio of Brennan Donville,
Christian Knight and William Joyce made a combined 10 saves against
six goals. Knight entered the game at halftime and played just over
24 minutes, making seven saves in his first collegiate appearance
while surrendering four goals before Joyce closed out the
victory.

Canisius got two goals and two assists from Tim Edwards and two
goals and an assist from Vince Gravino to lead the Griffs. Edwards
also won 8-of-16 face-offs, scooped up five ground balls and caused
one turnover. In goal Alex Govenettio started out strong but ended
the afternoon with just five saves and allowed 12 goals before
giving way to Jeff Wilson at the half. Wilson finished with just
two saves.

The Big Red scored the final 11 goals of the first half after
falling behind midway through the first quarter. Cornell turned a
3-2 game after the first 15 minutes into an 8-3 lead just 5:22 into
the second period and never looked back to set up Saturday's key
matchup with unbeaten Virginia.

Cornell scored just 56 seconds into the contest when Hogan scooped
up a rebound off a Buczek shot that hit the post and shot it into
an empty net. Canisius settled down, evening it up four minutes
later with a long possession that ended with an open look from 10
yards out by Jake Giarrano on a feed from Nick Tuttle. The Golden
Griffs took the lead at 2-1 with 8:01 left in the period when the
Edwards brothers combined for a score, as Jeff fed Tim.

That was the highlight of the game, as soon after the Big Red
seized control. A suffocating defense, a quick-strike offense and
dominant play by Tesoriero at the face-off "x" were the ingredients
for what turned out to be a runaway as Cornell held the Griffs
without a goal for a span of 29:25.

It started with consecutive goals by John Edmonds to end the first
period as the Big Red regained the lead at 3-2. Then the home team
took full control.

The second period was a highlight tape of Big Red plays. Cornell
ran off nine goals in the next 15 minutes, with six coming in just
over five minutes of play. Connor Buczek started the second period
off just like Cornell did with the first, netting a goal in the
first minute. Instead of Canisius answering, it was Buczek again 52
seconds later. Then 48 seconds later Edmonds found Donovan to make
it 6-2. Another 42 seconds passed before it was 7-2 when Lintner
buried his 14th goal of the year on an Entenmann feed. Five seconds
later Tesoriero won the face-off and took it himself. Each
successive goal took less time, and the contest was effectively
over at 8-2.

But Cornell wasn't done, as Buczek completed the second quarter hat
trick, followed by the first career goal from Matt Schattner and
another tally from Edmonds. By the time Hogan scored with 10
seconds left in the half, it was 12-2.

Cornell made sure Canisius had no thoughts of a comeback, scoring
the first goal of the second half to extend the run to 12 before
Vince Gravino ended it with 6:24 on the clock in the third.

From there out, the teams played evenly with a mix of starters and
reserves playing much of the second half for both teams with the
exception of a damaging two-minute unreleasable penalty late in the
contest. The Big Red reserves took full advantage, scoring three
times to round out the scoring. Included were the first goals of
the season for Sten Jernudd and Sean Doyle.

The Cornell-Virginia game will be broadcast live on Saturday at 12
p.m. on the Ivy League Digital Network.